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(right, so, if this doesn’t make sense to you, don’t worry about it. Sometimes the interwebs get the better of me.)

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T’was eight days before Christmas, and all through the houseI had thrown seven dresses, two tops, and a blouseI’d established the fact I had nothing to wearAnd Shannon could not do a thing with her hairThe beer had been purchased, and our bags were packedWith a fair contribution of holiday snacksBut she, in her curlers, and I, in my robeWere, as usual, stumped by the issue of clothesI said,“What the heck is it with parties these days?Once again the dress code is decidedly vagueAccording to this, I must dress like a slobTo escape the harsh judgment of someone’s friend Robb”“Who spells Robb with two Bs?” Shannon wanted to knowThis wasn’t quite helpful. We needed to go.“Do you still have that Evite?” I asked of my friend“I think it might help us. Let’s read it again.Alright, no ugly sweaters, and no stupid giftsA signature cocktail? How swanky is this?They got some new trash cans, and Amber is bakingSounds like one heckuva night in the makingBut the part about dress code is quite sad and direA comfortable outfit, or cocktail attire?How more very opposite can two things be?Shannon just sighed, and looked sideways at me.“You know, we would not be in this lousy quandaryIf all of our black shirts weren’t still in the laundry”

I’m not sure how the rest of this story will goWe may show up in jeans, or in satin and bowsYou may feel you should mock us: “How hard can it be?You just put on an outfit and drive down the street.”And sure, it’s quite easy to live by that credoIf you happen to own a corduroy tuxedo.But fit throwing isn’t the proper behaviorWhen joining to celebrate our Lord and SaviorWe would like to accept your most kind invitation, Dress up and come over for snacks and libations(I’d like to point out that this poem’s almost doneAnd I haven’t yet once hit the shift key and 1)And there truthfully isn’t much we’d rather doThan spend one of our evenings kickin’ it with youSo if our outfits are awesome or give you a frightMerry Christmas to all… we’ll see you Friday night.